Application Performance Monitoring for WhatsUp Gold v16.2 User Guide

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1 Application Performance Monitoring for WhatsUp Gold v16.2 User Guide

2 C o n t e n t s CHAPTER 1 Introduction APM Overview... 1 Learning about APM terminology... 2 Getting Started with APM... 3 Application Profiles... 4 Application Components... 6 Action Policies... 7 APM licensing... 7 Application Discovery Discovering applications... 9 APM configuration Viewing application performance configuration...10 Discovering applications using application profiles...11 Discovering applications by application type...12 Discovering applications for multiple application profiles...13 Monitoring newly-discovered applications...15 Understanding applications...18 Configuring Application Performance Monitoring to monitor applications...19 Working with application profiles...20 Creating a new application profile...20 Setting up a WUGSpace user account...28 Importing and downloading application profiles...29 Exporting an application profile...32 Publishing an application profile to WUGSpace...33 Working with components...34 Adding components to an application instance...35 Testing components...37 Adding a CPU Utilization component...40 Adding an Oracle Query component...43 Adding a SQL Server Query component...45 Adding a Disk Utilization component...48 i

3 Adding an Interface Discards In/Out component...50 Adding an Interface Errors In/Out component...53 Adding an Interface Utilization In/Out component...55 Adding a Physical Memory Utilization component to an application profile...57 Adding a Virtual Memory Utilization component...59 Adding a Custom Port Check component...62 Adding an Echo Port Check component...64 Adding an FTP Port Check component...66 Adding an HTTP Port Check component...68 Adding an HTTPS Port Check component...71 Adding an IMAP4 Port Check component...73 Adding an NNTP Port Check component...75 Adding a POP3 Port Check component...78 Adding a Radius Port Check component to an application profile...80 Adding an SMTP Port Check component...82 Adding a Time Port Check component...85 Adding an SNMP Process Check component...87 Adding a Windows Performance Counter component...89 Adding a WMI Process Check component...92 Adding a JavaScript Execution Check component...94 Adding a PowerShell Execution Check component...96 Adding an End User Monitoring component...99 Adding a VBScript Execution Check component Adding an SNMP Service Check component Adding a WMI Service Check component Adding an SNMP Check component Adding an SSH Active Monitor Check component Adding an SSH Performance Monitor Check component Adding a WMI Formatted Counter Check component Adding a WMI Raw Counter Check component Working with application instances Creating an application instance Configuring inherited profile components in an application instance Learning about Application Performance Monitoring component's instance state precedence Working with critical component groups Adding critical component groups to an application profile Adding critical component groups to an application instance ii

4 Working with discrete applications Adding discrete applications to an application profile Adding discrete applications to an application instance APM actions Working with action policies in APM Creating an action policy in APM Managing Action Policies Assigning an action policy to an APM instance or component Working with actions in APM Creating an action in APM Percent variables for APM actions Working with blackout policies in APM Creating a blackout policy in APM Working with application states APM Actions Log Application Performance Monitoring status Viewing application performance status Viewing application status details Application State Summary Component State Summary Running Action Policies Viewing historical status Hourly Availability State Change Polled Values Instance Summary Component Summary State Change Log Action Log Resolved Actions Log APM Dashboard Reports About the APM: State Summary Dashboard Report About the APM: Application Event Log Dashboard Report iii

5 Application Performance Monitoring Application Settings Configuring APM application settings Finding more information and updates For more information and updates Copyright notice iv

6 CHAPTER 1 Introduction In This Chapter APM Overview...1 Learning about APM terminology...2 Getting Started with APM...3 APM licensing...7 APM Overview Application Performance Monitoring for WhatsUp Gold monitors applications across multiple devices, servers, and systems, providing performance statistics and overall application health, while alerting on performance degradation and potential problems before they result in service outages. Application Performance Monitoring helps IT organizations measure and guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and assists in pinpointing application performance bottlenecks and points of failure. For more information, see Getting Started with APM (on page 3) and the Application Performance Monitoring for WhatsUp Gold Getting Started Guide ( Note: This feature is available with WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition only. To update your license, visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal ( Each application monitored by Application Performance Monitoring is comprised of a collection of individual components as defined in the application profile. This application profile is then applied to a WhatsUp Gold device, creating an application instance. The following are some examples of application types that the WhatsUp Gold Application Performance Monitoring plug-in supports: Apache Microsoft Server 2008 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Microsoft Server 2003 IIS 7.X Microsoft Active Directory/Domain Controller Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Ipswitch imail Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft Exchange 2010 Microsoft SQL

7 Microsoft Exchange 2007 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Microsoft Hyper-V Server Oracle 11G Application Performance Monitoring is licensed on a per-component basis, meaning that each component monitored uses one license. A license is also required for a discrete application, which is an application that acts as a component of another application. Learning about APM terminology The following terms are used throughout Application Performance Monitoring: Application Type. Groups application profiles, instances, and components by the type of application (e.g. SQL Server, IIS, Windows 2008 Server). After profiles, instances, and components are configured for an application, you will begin monitoring information about application health. Application Profile. An application profile is a blueprint for monitoring a given type of application within Application Performance Monitoring. It defines the collection of components and distinct applications that reflect the health and status of a specific type of application. An application instance is created from the application profile by associating it with the actual devices that host the components of the application as defined by the application profile. Changes to the application profile are inherited by all of the instances created from the profile. Changes in the profile are not inherited by overridden fields. Application Instance. An application instance is a running copy of an application profile that monitors the defined collection of components, distinct applications, and thresholds necessary to define the health and performance of a given type of application. An application instance can extend the application profile by adding components, component groups, or discrete applications. The application profile is not changed when an application instance is extended. Component. A component is a single data point that is collected as part of an application profile. Example: CPU Utilization. Critical component. A critical component is a component that impacts the status of an application instance. As a result, a critical component that goes into the down state, causes the application instance to go into the down state. However, if a non-critical component goes into a down state, the application instance goes into a warning state and only the component indicates being in the down state. 2

8 Critical component group. A critical component group is a grouping of components that contains specific logic to allow for complex evaluation of the up/down state of an application. For example, given four components A,B,C and D, the following logic can be applied, so that if A and B are down or C and D are down the application is placed into the down state. ((A and B) or (C and D)). Critical component groups are always considered "critical", in that if a critical component group is evaluated to be in the down state, the entire application is in the down state. Application. An application is made up of one or more programs running on one or more monitored systems. Simple application. A simple application is an application that is not dependent on another application to run. Example: Microsoft Server 2008 R2. Complex application. A complex application is an application configured to be dependent on one or more applications to run. Example: WhatsUp Gold (requires IIS and SQL Server). Discrete application. A discrete application is an application upon which a complex application has a dependency. For example, IIS and SQL Server are discrete applications on which the complex application WhatsUp Gold is dependent. A discrete application is used when you are monitoring a complex application. Getting Started with APM Configuring Application Performance Monitoring to monitor an application is a simple process that starts with selecting a profile that captures the data points necessary to understand the performance, health, and status of a given type of application. The application profile groups the components, discrete applications, and associated thresholds necessary to capture the data points into a blueprint that can be used to create individual application instances. These instances actively monitor your applications. Ipswitch provides a selection of profiles for use with Application Performance Monitoring which are available in the Application Performance Monitoring installation, or by download from the WUGSpace Community ( You can also create your own application profiles which can be shared on the WUGSpace Community ( After you have the necessary profiles, you can use Application Performance Monitoring to automatically discover your applications and create instances for each discovered application, or you may choose to manually create and modify instances individually before you begin monitoring. The following flowcharts represent the typical process of setting up an application to be monitored with APM: Application Profile Workflow (on page 4) Application Component Workflow (on page 6) Action Policy Workflow (on page 7) 3

9 For more information, see the Application Performance Monitoring for WhatsUp Gold Getting Started Guide ( Application Profiles Refer to the table below for step-by-step instructions for each configuration process in the flow chart. Create Application Profile Creating a new application profile (on page 20) Import Application Profile Importing and downloading application profiles (on page 29) Discover Applications Discovering applications 4

10 Modify Application Profile Adding components to an application profile (on page 22) Adding critical component groups to an application profile (on page 24) Adding discrete applications to an application profile (on page 26) Test Application Profile Testing components (on page 37) Create Instance Creating an application instance (on page 124) 5

11 Application Components Refer to the table below for step-by-step instructions for each configuration process in the flow chart. Add Components Adding components (on page 35) Create Critical Component Group Adding critical component groups to an application profile (on page 24) Adding critical component groups to an application instance (on page 133) Add Application Adding discrete applications to an application profile (on page 26) 6

12 Test Components Testing components (on page 37) Action Policies Refer to the table below for step-by-step instructions for each configuration process in the flow chart. Create Action Policy Creating an action policy (on page 139) Create Action Creating an action (on page 145) Create Blackout Policy Creating a blackout policy (on page 158) APM licensing Application Performance Monitoring is installed during the WhatsUp Gold installation. Your license determines whether the Application Performance Monitoring plug-in is available in WhatsUp Gold. To update your license for Application Performance Monitoring, visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal ( Application Performance Monitoring is licensed on a per-component basis. This means that each component that makes up an application instance uses one license, since they are each 7

13 individual components of the application instance. For more information on Application Performance Monitoring licensing or to upgrade your license, click Details during the application setup process. 8

14 CHAPTER 2 Application Discovery In This Chapter Discovering applications...9 Discovering applications You can discover applications on and create application instances for devices previously added to WhatsUp Gold using APM. To be discoverable, an application must have at least one discoverable service or process component associated with its profile. Important: Ensure the Use in discovery option is selected when adding or editing Windows service or process components within the application profile. 9

15 CHAPTER 3 APM configuration In This Chapter Viewing application performance configuration Discovering applications using application profiles Discovering applications by application type Discovering applications for multiple application profiles Monitoring newly-discovered applications Understanding applications Configuring Application Performance Monitoring to monitor applications 19 Working with application profiles Working with components Working with application instances Working with critical component groups Working with discrete applications Viewing application performance configuration The Application Performance Monitoring configuration page allows you to view detailed information about the application profiles currently in use as well as a summary of components, instances, and action policies active for each profile. From here, you can select a specific application profile to view and/or edit. To access the Application Performance Monitoring Status page, go to APM > Configuration page. On the left of the Configuration page, the Application tree provides a way to determine the scope of the data provided in the right-hand content pane, as well as to provide the status of instances and components. The tree has a root that provides information on All Applications configured for Application Performance Monitoring. Below this root, if configured, there are three levels: Application Type. Groups application profiles, instances, and components by the type of application (e.g. SQL Server, IIS, Windows 2008 Server). 10

16 Profile. Groups the instances and components by the profile used to create the individual instance. Where the data points being monitored are different between two versions of the same application, there may be separate application profiles for each version. Instance. Groups the components used to monitor the individual data points described in the profile. To configure Application Profiles, see Working with application profiles (on page 20). Discovering applications using application profiles To discover applications using an application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select an application profile from the navigation tree. 11

17 3 Click Discover Applications. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which displays dynamic groups and discovery scans. 4 Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree. 5 Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears. Discovering applications by application type To discover applications using an application type: 1 Select an application type from the navigation tree. 12

18 2 Select Discover applications from the Options menu to the right of an existing application profile displayed in the list. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which displays dynamic groups and discovery scans. 3 Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree. 4 Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears. Discovering applications for multiple application profiles To discover applications for multiple application profiles by application type: 1 Select an application type in the navigation tree. 2 Click one or more check boxes to the left of the application profiles displayed in the list. 13

19 3 Click Discover applications from the For selected menu at the upper-left corner of the list. 4 If a dialog appears indicating, "Some of the Application Profiles you selected do not have discoverable components and will not be included in the search.", click OK. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which shows dynamic groups and discovery scans. 5 Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree. 6 Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears. After applications are discovered by APM, use the list of newly discovered applications to select which ones to monitor and subsequently create application instances. You can also discover applications for multiple application profiles from the All Applications page using the Discover Applications button. To discover applications for multiple application profiles using the Discover Application button: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 14

20 2 Click to select the box to the left of an application profile to include the application profile in application discovery. 3 After you have selected the desired application profiles, click Discover Applications. If a dialog appears indicating, "Some of the Application Profiles you selected do not have discoverable components and will not be included in the search.", click OK. A navigation tree appears mirroring your WhatsUp Gold device list which shows dynamic groups and discovery scans. 4 Select the groups and/or devices for which you want to discover applications by clicking the applicable check boxes in the navigation tree. 5 Click Discover applications. The Application Discovery: Discovery Results page appears. 6 After applications are discovered by APM, use the list of newly discovered applications to select which ones to monitor and subsequently create application instances. Monitoring newly-discovered applications To monitor newly-discovered applications: 1 Identify an application on the list you want to begin monitoring and click Start monitoring. 15

21 A Start Monitoring Application dialog appears and APM automatically begins testing the 16

22 application profile components. 2 Use the Start Monitoring Application dialog to make any desired changes to the instance you are creating. The dialog contains the following information: a) Name. Use this box to modify the default name of the application instance. b) Action Policy. Use this list to select an action policy to be applied to the application instance. c) TEST Timeout. Use this box to indicate how long a component test should run prior to timeout. d) Test Components. Use this button to immediately initiate component testing. e) Enabled. Use these check boxes to enable or disable individual components for the Application instance. f) Warning Threshold. Use this box to indicate when APM reports the component is experiencing a problem. g) Down Threshold. Use this box to indicate when APM reports the component as 'Down'. 17

23 3 Click Finish to save the application instance. 4 Close the dialog to return to the Application Discovery: Discovery Results page. 5 Repeat as needed to create additional application instances. Understanding applications An application is made up of one or more programs running on one or more monitored systems. Applications can be one of three types: Simple Application. A simple application is an application that is not dependent on another application to run. Example: Microsoft Server 2008 R2. Complex Application. A complex application is an application configured to be dependent on one or more applications to run. Example: WhatsUp Gold (requires IIS and SQL Server). Discrete Application. A discrete application is an application upon which a complex application has a dependency. For example, IIS and SQL Server are discrete applications on which the complex application WhatsUp Gold is dependent. A discrete application is used when you are monitoring a complex application. For example, if you want to use Application Performance Monitoring to monitor WhatsUp Gold, create an application instance of WhatsUp Gold and add applications that WhatsUp Gold uses, such as SQL Server and IIS as components to the application instance. Note: Each application component (SQL Server and IIS) uses one license each since they are each individual components of an application instance (in this example, WhatsUp Gold). 18

24 Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2) Configuring Application Performance Monitoring to monitor applications The following table details the objects that you can modify to apply to your specific needs. Type Application Type Application profile Application instance Inherited component Stand-alone component Inherited component group Stand-alone component group Inherited discrete application Stand-alone discrete application Configurable? No No, if Ipswitch provided. Yes, if user-created. Yes, all values are configurable. No, but certain inherited component values can be overridden. Yes, all values are configurable. Only name and description. Yes, all values are configurable. No, but certain inherited component values can be overridden in each instance. Yes, all values are configurable. 19

25 Working with application profiles Use the All Application Profiles page to configure new or existing application profiles. Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). To access the All Application Profiles page from the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. From the All Application Profiles page: Click Add Application Profile to create a new application profile (on page 20). Click Import to import an application profile into APM (on page 29). Select New Instance from the Options list associated with an application profile to create an instance from that profile (on page 124). Select Edit from the Options list associated with an application profile to edit the selected application profile (on page 124). Select Export from the Options list associated with an application profile to export an application profile (on page 32). Select Publish from the Options list associated with an application profile to publish an application profile to the WUGSpace Community forums (on page 33). Select Copy from the Options list associated with an application profile to create a copy of the selected application profile. Select Delete from the Options list associated with an application profile to remove an application profile. Note: Basic application profiles that are downloaded with Application Performance Monitoring cannot be deleted. Creating a new application profile To create a new application profile in APM: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 20

26 2 In the All Application Profiles navigation tree, click the application type for which you want to create a profile. The Configuration page for that application type appears. 3 Click Add Application Profile. The Configure New Application Profile page appears. 4 Enter or select the appropriate information: Name. Enter a unique name for the application profile. Version. Enter a version number for the application profile. Type. Select the type of application from the list of preconfigured applications types. Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the application profile. Action Policy. Select an action policy for the application profile. TEST Device. Click browse (...) to select a device to test the application profile settings. 21

27 Note: Clicking browse (...) allows you to test the configuration settings of an application profile, but does not save the device to the application profile. 5 (Optional) Click Add components to add a component to the application profile (on page 22). 6 (Optional) Click Add critical component group to add a critical component group to the application profile (on page 24). 7 (Optional) Click Add application to add a discrete application to the application profile (on page 26). 8 (Optional) Click Test all to test all of the components added to the application profile. 9 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. Adding components to an application profile A component is a single data point that is collected as part of an application profile. For example, the CPU Utilization component. APM is licensed on a per-component basis, meaning that each component monitored uses one license. However, adding components to an application profile does not consume a license. A license is only consumed when a component is used by an application instance (on page 124). Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). Note: Applications as a whole can be components of another application (i.e. complex application). To add a component to an existing application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select the application profile for which you want to add a component, then click Edit/View Application Profile. The Components list appears. 3 In the Components section, click Add components. 22

28 The Component Library appears. 4 Click the arrow next to a component category to expand, then specify the number of that component you want to add by either entering a number into the box or by clicking the up and down arrows next to the component. Note: You can add up to 10 components at a time to an application profile. If you need more than 10 components, click Add components again to add more components. 23

29 5 Click Add selected. 6 (Optional) Select a specific device on which to test the component (other than the test device associated with the application profile) and click Test. 7 Enter or select the appropriate information into each of the component boxes. For more information about configuring specific components, see Component box configuration options. 8 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. Adding critical component groups to an application profile There must be at least two components included in a critical component group. For more information, see Working with critical component groups (on page 130). To add a critical component group to an application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 24

30 2 Select the application profile for which you want to add a critical component group, then click Edit/View Application Profile. The Components list appears. 3 In the Components section, click Add critical component group. The Critical Component Group information appears. 4 Enter or select the appropriate information: Name. Enter a unique name for the critical component group. Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the critical component group. State Configuration. Select a configuration for the critical component group. For example, if CPU Utilization component is down and the Disk Utilization component is 25

31 down, then the component group is down. 5 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2) Adding discrete applications to an application profile A discrete application is an application upon which a complex application has a dependency. For example, IIS and SQL Server are discrete applications on which the complex application WhatsUp Gold is dependent. A discrete application is used when you are monitoring a complex application. Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). To add a discrete application to an application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select the application profile for which you want to add a critical component group, then click Edit/View Application Profile. The Components list appears. 3 In the Components section, click Add application, then select an application profile type from the list. 26

32 The discrete application appears in the Components section. 4 Enter or select the appropriate information: Name. Enter a unique name for the discrete application. Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the discrete application. Critical. Select this option if the discrete application is critical. 5 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. 27

33 Setting up a WUGSpace user account All WhatsUp Gold APM online interactions, such as downloading or sharing profiles, are done in the context of a WUGSpace Community ( user, therefore the first thing WhatsUp Gold users see when trying to download, import, or publish an application profile is the WUGSpace login screen. The login screen provides an option to register if you have not previously been a part of the WUGSpace Community ( The registration process is completed outside of WhatsUp Gold on the WUGSpace Community ( website. The registration process generates an to verify before completing the registration and acquiring a new account. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process. After the WUGSpace Community registration is complete, you can login to the community via the WhatsUp Gold application dialog when prompted. Storing your WUGSpace Community password in WhatsUp Gold If preferred, you can manage and save your WUGSpace Community user credentials in the Admin > Preferences dialog. If your enter your community credentials in this dialog, they will be saved and used to automatically log into the community each time you download, import, or publish application profiles in WhatsUp Gold Application Performance Monitoring. 28

34 To store you WUGSpace Community password: 1 Access the Preferences dialog, go to Admin > Preferences. The Preference for admin dialog appears. 2 Enter your WUGSpace Community user credentials, then click OK. Importing and downloading application profiles Application Performance Monitoring (APM) works seamlessly with the WUGSpace Community ( to promote application profile sharing with members of the community. Importing adds the profile(s) directly to the WhatsUp Gold database and downloading stores the profile(s) on the local drive for future import or 29

35 inspection. Profiles that are imported/downloaded into WhatsUp Gold are stored in an XML file. Application profiles that are released by Ipswitch are identified with the icon and cannnot be modified. In order to import or download application profiles from the WUGSpace Community forums, you need an internet connection and a WUGSpace user account. For more information see, Setting up a WUGSpace user account (on page 28). The following import and download steps are included below: Import application profiles into APM from the WUGSpace Community ( forums Download application profiles to your computer from the WUGSpace Community ( forums Import customized application profiles into APM from your computer (disk) To import an application profile into APM from the WUGSpace Community: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Click All Application Profiles. 3 Click Import > From Community. If required, enter your WUGSpace credentials, then click Sign In. The Import Profiles 30

36 page appears. 4 Click to select the check box for each profile you would like to upload, then click Import Selected. The selected application profile(s) import into APM and are available under the All Application Profiles tree on the configuration page. To download an application profile to your computer from the WUGSpace Community: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Click All Application Profiles. 3 Click Import > From Community. If required, enter your WUGSpace credentials, then click Sign In. The Import Profiles page appears. 4 Click to select the check box for each profile you would like to download, then click Download Selected to download the application profile to your computer. 31

37 The selected application profile(s) downloads to the local computer. 5 To import the application profile downloaded on your computer, go to the steps To import an application profile into APM from your computer. To import an application profile into APM from your computer: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Click All Application Profiles. 3 Click Import > From Disk, then click Select. 4 Navigate to the profile.xml file on the system, then click Open. The application profile imports into APM. Exporting an application profile Application Performance Monitoring (APM) allows you to export your application profiles to your computer (disk). If an online connection to the internet is unavailable, then application profile XML files can be exported and imported to and from a local hard drive. To export an application profile from APM: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Click All Application Profiles. 3 From the list of application profiles, select the profile you want to publish, then click Options > Export. 32

38 The Export option triggers the browser to download the.xml file to the local file system. 4 Locate the.xml file on the local file system. The file can be transferred to another system and imported using Import > From Disk. For more information, see Importing and downloading application profiles (on page 29). Publishing an application profile to WUGSpace Application Performance Monitoring (APM) also allows you to share your application profiles with other members of the WUGSpace community. Before publishing, you must provide information in the Publish Application Profile dialog. To publish an application profile to the WUGSpace Community: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 From the list of application profiles, select the profile you want to publish, then select Options > Publish. If you have not signed into the WUGSpace Community, enter your WUGSpace credentials into each box, then click Sign In. The Publish Application Profile dialog 33

39 appears. 3 Enter the appropriate information: The Submission Title and Submission Description result in the Name and Description of the XML file that is downloaded from the community. Submission Title. Enter a name for the application profile. This name is used to identify the application profile in the WUGSpace Community. Submission Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the application profile. This information is used to identify the application profile in the WUGSpace Community. 4 Click Publish to Community. The profile is published to the WUGSpace Community. Working with components A component is a single data point that is collected as part of an application profile. Example: CPU Utilization. Application Performance Monitoring is licensed on a per-component basis, meaning that each component monitored uses one license. However, adding components to an application profile does not consume a license. A license is only consumed when a component is added to an application instance. Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). Note: Applications as a whole can be components of another application (i.e. discrete application). 34

40 The following components are available for use in APM: CPU Utilization (on page 40) Database Query - Oracle (on page 43), SQL Server (on page 45) Disk Utilization (on page 48) Memory Utilization - Physical (on page 57), Virtual (on page 59) Network Port Checks - Custom (on page 62), Echo (on page 64), FTP (on page 66), HTTP (on page 68), HTTPS (on page 71), IMAP4 (on page 73), NNTP (on page 75), POP3 (on page 78), Radius (on page 80), SMTP (on page 82), Time (on page 85) Process Check - SNMP (on page 87), WMI (on page 92) Scripting - PowerShell (on page 96) Service Check - SNMP (on page 107), WMI (on page 109) SNMP (on page 111) SSH - Active (on page 114), Performance (on page 116) WMI - Formatted (on page 119), Raw (on page 121) Windows Performance Counter (on page 89) Adding components to an application instance To add a component to an application profile, see Adding components to an application profile (on page 22). To add a component to an application instance: 1 Create an application instance (on page 124) from a preconfigured application profile. 2 In the Components section, click Add components. 35

41 The Component Library appears. 3 Click the arrow next to a component category to expand, then specify the number of components you want to add by entering a number into the box or by clicking the up and down arrows next to the component. Note: You can add up to 10 components at a time to an application instance. If you need more than 10 components, click Add components again to add more components. 4 Click Add Selected. The selected components are added to the application profile. 5 For each component, enter or select the following information: Enabled. Select this option to enable or disable the component. 36

42 Action Policy. Select an action policy from the list for the component. Device Override. (Optional) Override the device associated with the instance and designate a specific device to assign to the component. Click browse (...) next to the Device Override box to launch the Select a Device dialog. Important: If the device you want to use is configured with a WhatsUp Gold down dependency, make sure that you use a cloned device for this device selection in the Application Performance Monitoring plug-in. For more information, see the Dependencies overview. Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component and click OK. Click Test to test the component on the selected device. Note: Click to remove the device override and revert to the device associated with the application instance. (Optional) Click Test to test the component. 6 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. Testing components By default, components are tested on the test device specified for the associated application profile or instance. You can also specify an alternate device on which to test the component. The component initiates an immediate poll of the device, and returns a success or failure message. The values collected by the component are discarded when testing a component. To test a single component: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select an application profile or instance from the navigation tree containing the component you want to test. 37

43 3 If you are testing a component within an application profile, click Edit Application Profile. 4 Click the triangle icon to the left of the component you want to test to expand the component view. 5 Click browse (...) next to the TEST Device box for the component to launch the Select a Device dialog. 6 Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component and click OK. Note: If no test device is selected, the component is tested on the test device associated with the application profile or instance. 38

44 7 Click Test to test the component on the selected device. Following test completion, a message indicating test success or failure appears below the component name. To test multiple components simultaneously: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select an application profile or instance from the navigation tree containing the components you want to test. 3 If you are testing a component within an application profile, click Edit Application Profile. 4 Select which components to test by clicking the check box to the left of each applicable component name. 5 Click the triangle icon to the left of the first component you want to test to expand the component view. 6 Click browse (...) next to the TEST Device box for the component to launch the Select a Device dialog. 7 Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component, then click OK. 8 Select TEST devices for each component you want to test in the same manner. Note: If no test device is selected for one or more components, selected components are tested on the test device associated with the application profile or instance. 9 Expand the For selected menu, then click Test. 39

45 Following test completions, messages indicating test successes or failures appears below each selected component name. To test all components: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select an application profile or instance from the navigation tree containing the components you want to test. 3 If you are testing a component within an application profile, click Edit Application Profile. 4 Click the triangle icon to the left of the first component you want to test to expand the component view. 5 Click browse (...) next to the TEST Device box for the component to launch the Select a Device dialog. 6 Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component, then click OK. 7 Select TEST devices for each component in the application profile or instance in the same manner. Note: If no test device is selected for one or more components, selected components are tested on the test device associated with the application profile or instance. 8 Click Test all. Following test completions, messages indicating test successes or failures appears below each component name. Adding a CPU Utilization component The CPU Utilization component allows you to monitor the percentage of CPU being used on a particular device and alerts you if certain thresholds are exceeded. You may add a CPU Utilization component to either an application profile or an application instance. Note: Adding components to an application profile (on page 22) helps create the foundation of the application profile. After adding components to an application profile, you must create an application instance to monitor an application on a device (on page 124). Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). 40

46 To add a CPU Utilization component to an application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select the application profile for which you want to add a component, then click Edit/View Application Profile. The Components list appears. 3 Click Add Components. The Component Library appears. 4 Click the arrow next to CPU Utilization to expand the dialog controls used to add the component(s). 5 Specify the number of components you want to add by clicking the up and down arrows next to the type of credential for the component being added. You can add CPU Utilization components Using SNMP/Virtual or Using WMI. 6 Click Add Selected. 7 Click browse (...) next to the TEST Device box to launch the Select a Device dialog. 8 Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component and click OK. 9 Click Test to test the component on the selected device (optional). To remove the device override and revert to the device associated with the application component, click. Note: If no test device is selected, the component is tested on the test device associated with the application profile. Test devices are not saved as part of the application profile. 10 Enter or select the appropriate information in the CPU Utilization component boxes (on page 42). 11 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. To add a CPU Utilization component to an application instance: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select the application instance for which you want to add a component. 3 Click Add components. The Component Library appears. 4 Click the arrow next to CPU Utilization. 5 Specify the number of components you want to add by clicking the up and down arrows next to the type of credential for the component being added. You can add CPU Utilization components using SNMP/Virtual or WMI. 6 Click Add selected. 7 Enter or select the appropriate information: Enabled. Select this option to enable or disable the component. Action Policy. Select an action policy from the list for the component. 41

47 Device Override. (Optional) Override the device associated with the instance and designate a specific device to assign to the component. Click browse (...) next to the Device Override box to launch the Select a Device dialog. Important: If the device you want to use is configured with a WhatsUp Gold down dependency, make sure that you use a cloned device for this device selection in the Application Performance Monitoring plug-in. For more information, see the Dependencies overview. Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component and click OK. Click Test to test the component on the selected device. Note: Click to remove the device override and revert to the device associated with the application instance. 8 Enter or select the appropriate information in the CPU Utilization component boxes (on page 42). 9 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. CPU Utilization component boxes You may configure the following boxes for the CPU Utilization component: Name. Enter a unique name for the component. Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the component. Critical. Click to select this check box if the component is critical. Note: Components specified as critical cause the application to go into a down state when the component is out of threshold. Non-critical components cause the application to go into a warning state. For more information on application states, see Working with application states (on page 159). Polling frequency. Select a time (in minutes or hours) you want APM to wait between polls. Polling timeout. Enter the length of time APM attempts to connect to the selected device. When the time you enter is exceeded without connecting, a timeout occurs and APM stops trying to connect to the device. This is considered a failed connection. Poller retries. Enter the number of times APM attempts to send the command before the device is considered down. Warning threshold. Enter the component thresholds for the warning state. For example, if the component value is greater than 90 percent for 5 minutes, put the component in the warning state. 42

48 Down threshold. Enter the component thresholds for the down state. For example, if the component value is greater than 95 percent for 5 minutes, put the component in the down state. Adding an Oracle Query component The Oracle Query component allows you to create a query to run on a specific device to assess the health of an Oracle database. You may add an Oracle Query component to either an application profile or an application instance. Note: Adding components to an application profile (on page 22) helps create the foundation of the application profile. After adding components to an application profile, you must create an application instance to monitor an application on a device (on page 124). Learn more about APM terminology (on page 2). To add an Oracle Query component to an application profile: 1 From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to APM > Configuration. The All Application Profiles page appears. 2 Select the application profile for which you want to add a component, then click Edit/View Application Profile. The Components list appears. 3 Click Add Components. The Component Library appears. 4 Click the arrow next to Database Query to expand the dialog controls used to add the component(s). 5 Specify the number of components you want to add by clicking the up and down arrows next to Oracle. 6 Click Add Selected. 7 Click browse (...) next to the TEST Device box to launch the Select a Device dialog. 8 Select a device from the navigation tree on which to test the individual component and click OK. 9 Click Test to test the component on the selected device (optional). To remove the device override and revert to the device associated with the application component, click. Note: If no test device is selected, the component is tested on the test device associated with the application profile. Test devices are not saved as part of the application profile. 10 Enter or select the appropriate information in the Oracle Query component fields (on page 44). 11 Click Save to save your changes or click Save and Close to complete your changes. 43